Bad Habits and a GIVEAWAY!!

 

Hello lovelies! I hope you all had a FABULOUS weekend! I did...and its not even over yet! But more on that later...I am SO excited about this lovely lady you are about to meet. She is fabulous and sweet...She is funny...she loves her family...and she is GIVING YOU a $20 GIFT CARD TO SEPHORA!!!!! I am SO glad she decided to show Lawless Life a little love by showing up on my sidebar! So.....here she is...Alexandria!

 

 

(PS..isnt she gorgeous??)

 

I am so excited to be guest blogging for Heather on her lovely space on the I-net! Thanks so much for having me Heather!  My Name is Alexandria and I blog over at Sweet Tea, Love & Grace! Sit down , relax, grab some sweet tea and stay awhile! Let's Chat about...

Bad Habits.....Come on we all have the! You know nail biting, leaving drawers open, and what my husband is infamous for, taking out the trash but not putting a new trash bag in the trash can ( I'm not bitter at all :) )

My bad habit is being too controlling, I am a psychotic about control. I have that " It wont get done unless, I do it myself "attitude, I prefer not to delegate because I find satisfaction in doing it all and knowing it is done correctly and they way I would like it to be done.

Now in reality and in "my over thinking about overthinging" mind this is perfectly normal. Reality then decides to backhand me in the face( baby powder and all) . It isn't possible for me to do everything. I really struggle & have a hard time delegating. When the house isnt clean, laundry isnt done, food isn't on the table, diaper bag isnt packed, bills paid ,car washed It falls on me , simply because I cant let my AMAZING husband step in. ( I mean he does it anyway) , but it's typically not done the way I would like it to be done , which isnt a problem is you aren't me.

This "control habit" I have is bad, seriously. Sometimes, I even tell my mother how to take care of my child, I mean I think it's okay to be particular about certain things. BUT Geez , I need to CHILL, she did raise 3 kids. We came out Normal ...well for the most part :)

Instead of being appreciative like normals wives or daughters , I re-do or criticize what he or she has done, and tell myself that I should have done it  to begin with.

I am so thankful to have a husband by my side who is a God Fearing,Kind hearted, Strong man  who doesnt mind doing Laundry ( even though he can't fold to save his life- Love You Honey)  or waking up in the middle of the night when Aria thinks it's playtime , so I can get some more rest.

My challenge is to let go a little bit, delegate better so I can be a better mom & wife!

Oh Goodness Pray for me ya'll!

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Free muffaletta with every room...

Have you ever stayed at a Sheraton Hotel? We always stay at the Sheraton downtown when we come to Seattle...the staff is fabulous and the hotel is GORGEOUS..and the beds are perfect. But.....Did you know that you get a free muffaletta with every room?

 

When we checked into our hotel in Seattle tonight, the Mister was checking things out in the bathroom and this is what followed:

Mister: babe...look at this! Its a free muffaletta!

Me: Huh?

Mister: (He comes out holding this)

 

A free muffaletta!

Me: (falling over laughing) Babe...a Muffaletta is a sandwich...

Mister: I know..I was kidding...its called a bath moofa...right? (looking completely serious)

Me: (laughing EVEN harder now) No honey...its called a LOOFAH!

Mister: Oh...well whatever it is...its free...

 

 

I havent laughed so hard in a LONG time!

 

Moving along....

 

If you havent guessed the mister and I are on a mini vacay until Saturday...I am going to market for the store that I buy for, and he is going to carry my bags spend quality time with me. Its going to be nice to have a weekend just for the two of us!

 

Tonight we had dinner here

 

 

 

It was our first time eating at a Ruth's Chris and we were so excited. To be honest...the service sucked...the food was just par..and we were really let down :(  Sucks when you pay so much for dinner and its not even close to what you were expecting...Oh well...at least I looked cute for dinner!

 

 

Happy Hump day kittens!

thats a bunch of bull...

Today I was driving in the car with my 14 year old step daughter...there were some of these

 

 

fighting with their heads together in a field. This is the conversation that followed...

 

Me: Look meg..those cows are fighting..thats crazy

Meg: Cows dont fight, only steers or bulls fight

Me: Whatever...those were cows...and they were fighting

Meg: No...they had to have either been a bull or a steer, because cows or heifers dont fight.

Me: uhh..whats the difference?

Meg: well, Cows are females that have had a calf and a heifer is a female that has not had a calf and steers are males that have been castrated, bulls are males that have not been castrated.

Me: Oh...I didnt know that. So they were bulls? What do you think they were fighting over?

Meg: Probably a cow...

Me: She must be a pretty hot cow!

Meg: Yep...

Me: How did you get so smart?

Meg: I pay attention in school....

Me: Oh...maybe I should have payed more attention in school

Meg: Yeah, probably

 

HA! I got told!

 

Happy Saturday my little cows! May a bull always be ready to fight for you!

Rollin with the homies.

Remember this??

Of course you do! Its from the fabulous movie from the 90's Clueless! Love love love it.

SOOOO....this post is about rollin with the homies. Actually rolling for the homies. My homies....rollin breakfast burritos for them!

The mister is always too lazy to fix forgetting breakfast, and then he skips lunch...so when he gets home is crabby and starving. So I make him breakfast burritos and stick em in the freezer. He can just pop one out and stick it in the microwave..and eat it on his way to work.

We had a TON of ham left over from Christmas so I decided to use that as the meat. I usually cook up a ton of jimmy dean sausage goodness, but this was WAY easier..cause it was all already cooked!

Step one:

step two: Buy a bag of frozen potatoes (the ones with the peppers and onion in the mix) put it all into a pan with some butter and some johnnies seasoning and saute them until cooked through...

 

 

Step  3: put half a jar of salsa verde in with the potatoes (my mister likes things spicy, you could totally omit this part if you didnt want the spice)

 

Step 4: Whip up 8 eggs in a bowl with salt, pepper and then add into the potato salsa mix and cook until the eggs are completely cooked. Once the eggs are cooked, add all the ham to your mixture and turn the skillet on low.

Step 5: Set up your rollin station - tear 16 sheets of wax paper in squares, use the tortilla to measure the size, you want it to be just a little larger than the tortilla. Bring your pan with the burrito mixture, and a bag of shredded cheese and lay everything out with your tortillas.

Step 6: you want to make sure and roll your burritos while they are warm, put 3 heaping spoonfuls of the mixture in the middle of the tortilla then top with a generous amount of cheese.

Step 7:

 

Step 8: Put them into a gallon ziplock...this time I made 16 burritos, so I used 2 gallon ziplocks.

 

 

Step 9:

 

There you go...a whole post on how to roll for your homies.

 

Ps...this post was supposed to be published 3 days ago but blogger decided to suck and not let me publish ANY pictures. awesome.

Did you?

Did you have a chance to read my guest post over at Flats to Flip Flops?   

 

Well you should have...it was posted in November! But for those of you who missed my pearls of junk wisdom...here you go.

 

Now your life is complete. You're welcome.

 

 

Meet and Greet with Heather from Lawless Life

You, my friends, are in for a real treat! Miss Heather from Lawless Life is guest posting today!

This momma is seriously talented and if you are looking for life, love and faith, you need to check out her blog! Take it away Heather!

Hey lovies...I am SO happy up in this neck of the woods, doing a guest post for Ash! She is adorable, and I love sponsoring her fab blog!

I thought I would give you some shopping tips. Because I kinda have a BIG little problem with shopping. I am addicted. Like you know that show interevention? They need to come send me to rehab. When I walk into my local maurices or Macy's...everyone knows me by name. Thats completely awesome sad! So in order to keep my hubby happy finances under control, I have some tips for you....just incase you are a serious shopper like me.

• When you get the urge to shop....go online. Click and click and click some more. Find your favorite things, the colors that you love, the size that you want and all that. Then put things in your "cart". Then Click the little red X at the top right hand corner of your screen. Close the browser. It sounds weird...but even though I didnt buy anything....it kinda fulfills that shopping desire for me. I leave everything in the cart for at least 2 weeks, and then....when I go back to that site...and I open my "cart" if the item has gone on sale, and if I still really want it then I buy it. But ONLY if it has gone on sale for at LEAST 40% off. If not then I close it again and come back in 2 more weeks. Does this make sense? Probably not because I am a looney....

• When I shop in the stores and I find something I love if I feel like I really cant live without it...and I CAN AFFORD it...then I buy it. But when I get home I leave it in the bag and hang it on a hook in my closet. If 2 weeks have gone by and I didnt wear the item...I take it back. (unless it was for an event or something) If I didnt even take it out of the bag or want to wear it enough in two weeks...then I dont need it.

• I take 5 things from my closet to the consignment store every 4 weeks. This keeps my hoard of clothes down to a small island .

Those "tips" might seem silly....but they keep me on track, and I dont end up spending my kids college fund on clothes, shoes, handbags....and other crap I dont need.

Hope all you pretty peaches had a wonderful thanksgiving! Thanks for taking the time to read my insane babble....If you want to read more...head over to Lawless Life!

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tears.

today I cried....I cried off and on all day.

 

I miss my mom today something awful. Its like I have these little triggers that make me think of her and then my heart just crumbles. She has been in heaven for 3 years now. Most of the time I am fine, but then something happens and I lose it.

 

My mom loved holidays...Christmas was her FAV but she always went above and beyond for EVERY holiday. On valentines day she would make my dad and I a love dinner. Everything was heart shaped. Heart shaped butter, heart shaped meatloaf...pink mashed potatoes....pink yogurt parfaits..heart shaped brownies, pink milk...chocolate covered ice cream hearts...you get the idea. She would write my dad and I these amazing love letters and leave them at our places at the table and the she would buy us the most amazing love presents. I always looked forward to valentines day night...even when I was in high school...I never would go out with boyfriends or friends on valentines day because that was our love dinner night. My mom knew just how to make me feel special.

 

Lately on pinterest there has been a ton of people pinning valentines day stuff...and it made my think about my mom. Then this morning on the way to work, the song that we played at her funeral came on my ipod...I skipped over it, like I always do. But then again tonight on the way home, it came up in the shuffle...and I let it play. I think it was my moms way of telling me she loves me.

 

I want to share the song with you.....

 

 

When the song came up on my way home, I listened to the whole thing and then I played it again. I really listened to the words the second time. My mom is in HEAVEN!!!! She is with Jesus!! And she is with my Papa, and all the other loved ones who are there. She gets to have a love dinner with them and with the one who LOVES us more than ANYTHING. I should be SO thankful that I know that I will get to see her again...and that she loved me, and she let me know that she loved me every chance she got.

 

So there were some tears today...a lot of them...but tears can be good. Have you had any tears over anything lately?

Come to Momma!

Hey girl....guess who got their influenster holiday voxbox yesterday!! ME!

 

I was SO excited! I cant wait to try all the products, and tell you how fab they are. These are all the goodies that came in my box!

 

(I will tell you all about them individually when I try them out!)

 

The first thing that caught my attention was this little beauty. Did you say $25 bucks off shoes?

 

 

Come to momma!! 

 

 I hopped right onto the Sole Society Website and started checking out the shoe goodness.

 

When I first opened the site the most fabulous five words in all history greeted me "Buy One Get One FREE!!!!" So you know I did just that! I didn't even have to use my coupon yet because they were having this amazing sale! I got 2 pairs of shoes for only $49.99 and that INCLUDED shipping!!

 

Holy Moly. Hallelujah.

 

These are the little gems that I bought

 

And these lovelies...

 

 

 

Super cute, right? Right.

 

And I only paid 49 bucks for BOTH pairs! I am IN love with Sole Society and you bet your beautiful face I will be back to their website to get more necessities for spring! I cannot wait until these shoes come in the mail, and I cant wait to show you how cute they are!

 

Hope you gorgeous gals had a wonderful weekend...and I hope your Monday is perfect. (it would probably be MORE perfect if you checked out this FAB sale on sole society.com! Use the code "influenster25" for $25 bucks off your first order!)

 

 

big girl panties.

I am such a big ol' baby. I let WAY too many things that shouldn't bother me...bother me.

For instance, someone who I have been trying really hard to build a relationship with had a new years eve party...and I didn't get an invite. I was crushed. See...big baby. The mister kept telling me "babe its not a big deal, get over it...who cares!?!" He couldn't understand why I was so upset.

 

 But I am someone who likes to pursue people, I like to make them feel loved and appreciated...I also like them to do the same to me. And when I spend time on a relationship and try to pursue people and they never ever reciprocate it sometimes sucks. But I think I need to put my big girl panties on and stop letting such little things bother me.

Who cares if I didn't get invited to the party...who cares if I didn't get the phone call or the text back....who cares? I care...but I think I care too much.

 

Whats super crazy is that I am always telling my 13 yr old and my 16 year old not to worry about what others think, say or do. But here I am 31 years old, worrying about what someone may think about me, wondering why I didnt get invited to a party!!

 

 

I guess I will go find some of these...

 

 

put em on....And deal.

Just incase...

Good Evening kittens...just incase you were too lazy to clickety click the link from yesterday...here the blog post that I guest posted over at the fabulous All my love for all my days! First is her sweet introduction! Love her!

 

 

I was first introduced to Heather through my sister, Dalayna. Heather hosted a giveaway on her blog. I started exploring the Lawless Life and realized that Heather and I have a lot in common.

She loves Jesus. She loves her family. She believes in life. She believes that women have the power to create the world they want to live it. Oh, and she loves to shop.

Make sure to stop by her blog. And if you're looking for Thirty-One products she's got them!

So without further ado, I give you Heather from the Lawless Life.

Happy New Year little love bugs!

I am blessed to be posting over here at All my love for all my days...I adore Danette...shes pretty much the coolest. Her blog is so full of life, and meaning...and I love reading it. So today you get me...like it or not!

Lets talk about New years resolutions....Like how none of us ever stick to them.

(except for this one...I can totally stick to this one)

Its so crazy to see how many people make the resolution to lose weight and then go to the gym twice. Or people who vow to eat better, then are at mcdonalds after 4 days. Hey, I am right there with the best of them.

But last year I found something that made me feel better about myself made me seem like I didn't suck so much at resolutions. I made little goals....

Month1 : I will not buy any clothing for myself for 1 month (dont judge, I like to shop)

Month 2 and 3: No fast food

Month 3 and 4: Read my bible every day in the morning AND at night

Month 4 and 5: Make dinner at home every night (except date night)

Get it? These small goals seemed much more manageable and when I completed them I felt so good about myself. I felt like I had actually accomplished something.

How about you? Did you make any new years resolutions? How are you planning on sticking to them? Do you have an accountability partner, if its something serious?

I think that making goals for your life are awesome...but sometimes its good to set short term goals, and then once you reach those...you feel like you can do anything.

Here's to a FABULOUS 2013....I hope all of you are blessed beyond measure!! XOXOX